Carpenter . upulous real estate sharks and otherinterested persons, purporting that employ-ment in the building trades is fact is that work is most irregular and of an intermittent character. Not morethan a few months employment is securedby the most fortunate. Surplus laVjor hasreached alarming proportions, destitution ismost keen and the avenues of employment,except to a limited few, are so congeste<lthat nothing but disappointment and de-spair await carpenters coming to Salt LakeCity in search of work. We hope that thisinformation will be the means of acquiringknowledge as


Carpenter . upulous real estate sharks and otherinterested persons, purporting that employ-ment in the building trades is fact is that work is most irregular and of an intermittent character. Not morethan a few months employment is securedby the most fortunate. Surplus laVjor hasreached alarming proportions, destitution ismost keen and the avenues of employment,except to a limited few, are so congeste<lthat nothing but disappointment and de-spair await carpenters coming to Salt LakeCity in search of work. We hope that thisinformation will be the means of acquiringknowledge as to the state of the labor mar-ket in this section of the country and thatour warning will be heeded by migratingbrothers. Information Wanted. Edmond Legere, the subject of the sketchbelow, formerly a member of Local Union778, Fitehburg, Mass., is inquired for by hisbrother-in-law^ He left Fitehburg abouttwo years ago and has not been heard fromsince. Age, 22 years; height, 5 feet 5inches; weight, 140 EDMOND LEGERE. Brother members or readers who can lo-cate him will please communicate with theF. S. of Local Union 570. ALFRED GAGNEN. 34 Greenwood St., Gardner, Mass. 37


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